Yep..just in the past few weeks there has been like 6-7 of these incidents and most of them occur in California. I don't remember the cops being this authoritarian ever, and I've lived here my entire life. Unless their superiors discipline them or someone in the DA's office charges them with assault, they really are just a pack of cowboys that will do whatever they want imo

"A Los Angeles Police Department commanding officer has been removed amid an internal investigation into a videotaped beating in which officers tackled a handcuffed registered nurse to the ground, police Chief Charlie Beck said Wednesday. Beck said previously that he had "serious concerns" about the use of force against Michelle Jordan, 34, who was arrested in the Tujunga area on Aug. 21 after being stopped for talking on a cellphone while driving, police said...".* Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola (host of TYT University and Common Room), and former prosecutor Steve Oh discuss on The Young Turks.

All for talking on a cell phone...The police chief of LA is joke. This is the same guy who said they had the right man when they arrested the dude in Hollywood for beating up Brian Stowe. I'm guessing the cops will be given a warning and then allowed to return to work, as if nothing ever happened

A secret audio recording of a stop-and-frisk in action sheds unprecedented light on a practice that has put the city's young people of color in the NYPD's crosshairs. Read the full story at: http://www.thenation...-fking-mutt-...

READ THIS: Six of the officers will be given restitution in the form of pay, overtime, benefits and pension payments for all the time they missed since their reprimand, Police Comm. Charles Ramsey said. Sgt. Schiavone's demotion was also overturned.

Officers Patrick Whalen and Robert Donnelly were rookies at the time of the incident and will not automatically get their jobs back, according to Comm. Ramsey. They can reapply for the job, though. "I don't agree with the decision, but it is decision of the arbitrator and I respect that," Comm. Ramsey said.

A 2009 grand jury also found that the officers' actions did not warrant criminal charges. The three alleged suspects were also acquitted of charges related to the shooting.